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Afghan Elections Intended To Pacify The West: Commentary

nytimes.com | JEAN MacKENZIE | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


The haste with which U.N. Special Representative Kai Eide held a press conference to say that Aug. 20 was "a good day for Afghanistan" merely served t...

Afghan Civilian Deaths: Clinton Expresses Deep Regret

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and LARA JAKES | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


KABUL — Villagers dug dirt graves Wednesday to bury what the international Red Cross said were dozens of Afghans _ including women and children ...

LIVE VIDEO: Obama Statement On Zardari, Karzai Meeting

Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


President Obama will meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghani President Hamid Karzai Wednesday. Zardari will be pushed to take a st...

Obama, Zardari, Karzai Meet To Discuss Taliban's Growing Strength

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took on high-stakes diplomacy with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday, seeking more coopera...

Obama Responds To Afghan Rape Legalization: "Abhorrent"

Think Progress | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics


At a news conference in Strasbourg, France, this morning, President Obama discussed NATO efforts in Afghanistan and secured the commitment of NATO all...

Obama Gives Afghan President Karzai Courtesy Call

International Herald Tribune | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


President Barack Obama telephoned Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, on Thursday to share the main elements of the American strategic review of polic...

Karzai Trip May Push Iran To Assist U.S. In Afghanistan

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Iran on Tuesday on a trip that could help seal Tehran's presence at the table for an international meeting ai...

Afghan President Admits Tensions With US

Al Jazeera English | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has admitted that there is tension between his government and the new US administration....

Crisis Looms Over Afghan Election

GlobalPost.com | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


KABUL -- Hamid Karzai's days as president of Afghanistan appear to be numbered. But his behavior would indicate that somebody forgot to tell the man...

Afghan President Eyes Russia After Being Spurned By Obama

GlobalPost.com | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


KABUL -- One week after the world hailed his inauguration, Barack Obama has undertaken an unprecedented charm offensive towards the Muslim world. B...

Bush's 'Puppet In Kabul' Will Not Go Quietly: Patrick Cockburn

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


Hamid Karzai is fighting for his political life. He has often been written off as "the mayor of Kabul", but he does not intend to go quietly just beca...

Obama Ready To Cut Karzai Adrift

The Independent | Jerome Starkey and Kim Sengupta in Kabul | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


Barack Obama's arrival in the White House and the wind of change sweeping through Washington could lead to the ousting from power of Hamid Karzai, Pre...

Obama Ready To Cut Loose Afghan Leader Karzai

The Independent | Posted 02.22.2009 | World


Barack Obama's arrival in the White House and the wind of change sweeping through Washington could lead to the ousting from power of Hamid Karzai, Pre...

Obama Meets With Afghan President Karzai

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed...